Nonetheless, tremendous public debt had forced Britain to increase the revenue by expanding the taxation in its colonies. This alteration inflamed public feelings in the Thirteen Colonies. ... Whilst the Colonies were on the brink of war, they attempted to instigate a mutiny within the Province of Quebec as well. ... They concluded that the rebels, who had campaigned to conquer their territory, insulted the Catholic religion, and belittled their culture, should be kept outside of Quebec.vi Multiple cultural and historical disagreements had alienated the Province of Quebec, not to mention the f...

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The French would never accept it though, for they hated anything to do with the English. ... The American Revolution was essentially a conservative movement, fought to conserve the freedoms America had painstakingly developed since the 1620s during the period of British salutary neglect, in reality, a period of laissez faire government as far as the colonies were concerned. ...

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